When Sporting KC defender Matt Besler was selected for his first U.S. Men’s National Team January Camp in 2013, he never could have forecasted how the next 24 months would play out. The Kansas native was coming off an MLS Defender of the Year season, but had not yet gotten a call from U.S. MNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
That January Besler joined current Sporting KC teammates Graham Zusi, Benny Feilhaber and Brad Davis for a three-week training camp that culminated with a friendly against Canada at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston.